Students of the Weimar Republic invariably remind us that the seeds of the next war are planted in the ashes of the last war. A fair paraphrasing of that would be: The seeds of the next defeat are planted in the ashes of the last victory.
Now that the Republican Party has full control of Congress, there is an understandable urge to over-reach. But, how will we know when they are over-reaching?
No, stop for a minute! How will we know when they are over-reaching? What has to happen before we know they have over-reached? Because . . . that is the point when they start planting the seeds of defeat in 2016.
Have you answered the question yet?